Trump sends May to the back of the queue

He has been characteristically brash – and offensive. But that’s beside the main point. Which is that he looks strong and the Prime Minister looks weak.

Nothing has changed? Come off it. The Prime Minister is treating voters and MPs like fools.

As a split in the Conservative Party finally threatens for real, May must explain why and when she backed off mutual recognition.

May’s new Brexit plan. There is an alternative – from within the Government itself.

We don’t claim that the EU would accept it – but neither will the Commission nor the 27 necessarily accept the Prime Minister’s new plan.

Daniel Hannan: My view of May’s new Brexit plan. It’s just about better than No Deal. But now a line in the sand must be drawn.

Preparing for no deal ought therefore to be our national priority – cuts in corporate and personal taxes, removal of regulations, openness to global business.

Harmonisation on goods. Flexibility for services. UK management of EU tariffs in Britain. Government Brexit Chequers proposal. Full text.

Plus “due regard paid to EU case law in areas where the UK continues to apply a common rulebook”.

Nick Boles and Robert Syms: One of us was a Remainer, the other a Leaver. We join now with other Tory MPs to back Theresa May.

Any Cabinet member who throws their toys out of the pram at Chequers will receive a cold shoulder in the tearoom.

Henry Newman: Yes, we have proposed a voluntary managed alignment in goods. But direct ECJ jurisdiction must end.

Either a new dispute resolution mechanism will be required, or the UK could dock into part of the EFTA court to resolve disputes over goods.

John Stevenson, Jeremy Lefroy and Paul Masterton: There’s a better way for the Government on Europe – joining EFTA

Within EFTA, there are already two models of relationship with the EU – the EEA and the Swiss model. There is no reason why there could not be a third.

“When each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground”

May’s appeal next week at Chequers will be founded in grinding detail, not Churchillian rhetoric. Key to agreement will be taking Ministers with her and springing no untoward surprises.

Heathrow and CETA votes suggest Labour’s divisions are deepening, and discipline is breaking down

The Opposition Chief Whip is reported to have “physically intimidated” MPs, but was “ignored” nonetheless.

James Palmer: Cambridgeshire is well placed to benefit from the broader international trade that Brexit will offer

Metro Mayors can play a crucial role – but a Government cave-in on leaving the customs union risks missing the potential of the global economy.

The EU Withdrawal Bill. Let’s get on with it.

It’s about neither the principle nor the form of Brexit. Its purpose is to make leaving orderly. MPs should effect it this week.

Daniel Hannan: Trade liberalisation, even more than trade deals, is the true prize to pursue

As the miracles of Hong Kong and Singapore demonstrate, cheaper imports, rather than easier exports, are the big win. The trick is persuading voters to agree.

Boiling the Brexiteer frog

We are being nudged towards Norway Minus rather than Canada Plus Plus Plus almost without anyone noticing.

Iain Mansfield: Five tests for a good Brexit deal

The attempt by some Remainers to frame the negotiation as ‘how can we achieve the closest possible relationship with the EU?’ is disingenuous, and should be strongly rebutted.